From: Wim Nusselder (wim.nusselder@antenna.nl)
Date: Fri Dec 19 2003 - 21:30:52 GMT
Dear Steve,
This may be my last posting for some time, as I go on holiday for two weeks
tomorrow.
You wrote 16 Dec 2003 20:09:46 -0500:
'I was surprised that you would so whole-heartedly agree with DMBs claim
that homosexuality is hardwired through DNA ... I find it hard to believe
that there is a "pussy-loving" gene or a "dick-fancying" gene.
...
I can somewhat understand why DMB would see sexuality as biologically
latched since he does not use the same definitions of the levels as we, but
do you really see human sexuality in all its complexity as a purely
biological pattern?'
No, not everything that goes under the name of 'sexuality', nor everything
that goes under the name of 'homosexuality' can be explained with biological
patterns of value. Just as at least part of 'sexuality' IS explainable at
the biological level, so is -I think- at least part of 'homosexuality'. It
is obviously not the result of one gene, but of the complex interplay of
genes among themselves AND with circumstances in which people (or animals
for that matter) find themselves. This interplay permits (statistically) a
range of outcomes and at the outer fringes of this range (as visualized in a
Bell curve) homosexuality is a normal outcome.
Genes contributing to that outcome may be genes encoding for a stronger
sex-drive than usual and a circumstance enabling it may be more exposure to
people of the same sex than to people of the other sex. Other combinations
of genes and circumstances may have a comparable outcome.
Among humans part of these circumstances are shaped by social patterns of
value (but from a biological point of view only a small part; biological
patterns are not 'aware' of social patterns of value). Even without social
patterns of value (i.e. among animals without social copying of behaviour
that maintains 'cultures') circumstances may occur that statistically
produce with certain combinations of genes a limited percentage of
homosexual individuals (and/or individuals that some of the time exhibit
homosexual behaviour).
With friendly greetings,
Wim
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